C trivia - was Re: Dennis Ritchie has died

25 Oct 2011

Chuck Guzis wrote:
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    Howzabout:

     77    PI PIC 9V9 VALUE 3.1. 
 That looks like cobol to me ? 
 Yup.  Could just as easily be done in PL/I:

 	DECLARE PI  FIXED DECIMAL (2,1) INITIAL(3.2); 
But fixed point isn't precisely the same thing as floating point with 
significant digit tracking.

Peace...  Sridhar